A 42nd-minute strike by Dominic Oduro was enough to give the Columbus Crew (4-4-3, 15 points) a 1-0 win over Toronto FC (1-6-4, 7 points) on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. Oduro scored his team-leading fifth tally of the season just before halftime as he chased down and finished a perfectly slotted pass from Federico Higuain, who earned his third assist on the year. With the win, the Crew remains unbeaten (3-0-5) in eight visits to Toronto dating back to 2007. The
Photo Credit: Ric Kruszynski For the second straight match the Columbus Crew played on the front foot for most of the night, but came away empty handed after a 2-0 defeat to the Colorado Rapids. On the night the Rapids (4-4-3) only registered four shots, and only one in the first half, but found the back of the net twice and managed to keep Columbus from scoring despite 22 shots, including seven on goal. Things almost got started before even a minute
The Columbus Crew came away with 3 points and a 3-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday evening on what some would call a wild night. Photo Credit: Gary L. Moody Sr./ISNSoccer.com The match was delayed 50 minutes by a scoreboard fire. That’s right a scoreboard fire. Sections in the southern part of the stadium were quickly evacuated as the Columbus Fire Department responded to the blaze, extinguishing it within minutes. I have to say it was a first for me,
The Chicago Fire (2-4-1) defeated long-time Eastern Conference rivals Columbus Crew (2-2-3) Saturday evening at Toyota Park. Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz scored his first goal in a Fire shirt, tallying the only goal of the match in the 83rd minute to give the Fire the 1-0 victory. In the fourth minute, Crew defender Tyson Wahl sent in a free kick from 40 yards out to Chad Marshall, who headed it down for Agustin Viana who slid the ball in to goal but the
The Columbus Crew (2-1-3, 9 points) fought back late to secure a 1-1 draw at the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Impact (4-1-1, 13 points) at Stade Saputo Sunday afternoon. For the second straight week, Crew forward Dominic Oduro equalized the game with a 72nd-minute strike – his team-leading third of the season – to preserve a point for the Crew after Marco Di Vaio’s powerful blast gave Montreal the lead in the 68th minute. “We all went back to the table, wrote a plan
Despite a slow early start, plagued with poor effort and missed chances, the Columbus Crew managed to pull out a late 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, extending their home point streak to 11 games without a loss. Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com In the 72nd minute Eddie Gaven found a streaking Dominic Oduro, who found the back of the net with a rocket from an impossibly tight angle to earn a point for Columbus. Gaven’s assist helped put the Crew
The Columbus Crew capped an exciting afternoon in the Nation’s Capital with a 2-1 victory over MLS Eastern Conference rival D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Defender Josh Williams and Homegrown forward Ben Speas supplied the goals in front of a nationally televised audience (NBC Sports Network), as goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made a series of spectacular saves to preserve the Black & Gold’s lead late in the match. “I thought everyone fought all 90 minutes,” Speas commented. “It was a good performance from
In the hustle and bustle of the San Jose Earthquake locker room following a 1-1 come-from-behind draw against the Columbus Crew, one member of the Quakes sat quietly at his locker with his feet up and studied his phone more than the chaos around him. That was second-year midfielder Sam Garza, a native Texan that has had several bumps in his career, but still has a promising future in MLS. Garza, 23, shined as a brilliant player in high school as
Photo Credit: Kevin Cross/ISNSoccer.com Columbus will have to be disappointed to start with a draw on their first home game of the season. On a freezing night in Columbus the Crew struggled to raise the temperature with their play on the pitch with Coach Warzycha highlighting the conditions in has postmatch interview. The team still look like they are getting to know each other and are struggling to find their style of play, which is no surprise considering this team features
